Prevention of rotavirus diarrhea in India: is vaccination the only strategy.

In this issue, Juneja, et al. [10] have evaluated a Hindi translation of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire on Indian infants. They confirmed their results by assessing the same children by the Development Assessment Scales for Indian Infants (DASII), which is considered the gold standard. They found a fairly high sensitivity (83.3%) and good specificity (75.4%) at 18-24 months of age. This test can be translated in other Indian languages and more studies can be done to validate it even further. It can help in identifying developmental delays in both the high risk and low risk children, who can then be referred for more definitive diagnosis.